linux-kernel - Re: Question:Bsearch replace the search

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Message-ID: <87zjtnyuai.fsf@rustcorp.com.au>
Date:	Tue, 16 Jul 2013 14:29:17 +0930
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	anish singh <anish198519851985@...il.com>
Cc:	Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@...il.com>,
	Tim Abbott <tabbott@...lice.com>,
	linux-kernel-mail <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Question:Bsearch replace the search_extable implementations

anish singh <anish198519851985@...il.com> writes:
> Hello Rusty,
>
> Right now I see so many places in the kernel
> where we open code binary search implementations
> such as search_extable implementations.
>
> http://lxr.free-electrons.com/ident?a=powerpc;i=search_extable
>
> Would it be ok to replace this with bsearch lib code?
>
> I am not trying to fix any problem nor I see
> any problem in current implementations but
> if we can replace the large amount of code
> would it not be a good reason to send a patch
> for this?

It should be fine, yes.

Thanks!
Rusty.
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